Tales of Destiny (PS2)
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| Developer(s) | Namco Tales Studio |
| Publisher(s) | Namco |
| Designer(s) | Mutsumi Inomata (character) |
| Release date(s) |  November 30, 2006 (PS2) |
| Genre(s) | Console role-playing game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | CERO: A (All Ages) |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2 |
| Media | 1 × DVD-ROM (PlayStation 2) |
Tales of Destiny (テイルズ オブ デスティニー Teiruzu obu Desutinī?) is a video game remake in the RPG genre published for the PlayStation 2 console by Namco on November 30, 2006 in Japan. It's a remake to the original Tales of Destiny for the PlayStation.
On June 19, 2006, scans indicated that a remake of Tales of Destiny would appear on the PlayStation 2. As of November 15, 2006, one week before the original release date of November 22, the game was delayed to an unknown date. 2 days later on November 17, 2006, the official Namco Tales site announced Tales of Destiny Remake's release date to be November 30, 2006, in order to fix a bug they discovered in the game during testing. The remake features overhauled hand-drawn sprite-on-3D-background graphics similar to those of Tales of Rebirth and the AR-LMBS, which adds significant importance to fighting while jumping. Initial gameplay videos indicate that it may overtake Tales of Destiny 2 as the game with the fastest battle system in the Tales series. The game also features additional dialogue, scenarios and anime sequences. No U.S. release date has been confirmed yet. As of November 24, 2006, the Official Tales Site put updates on Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology and Tales of Destiny. For Tales of Destiny, it includes new commercials.
Regarding the characters, all return again as playable. Lilith returns, and her move Thundersword returns as well. To get Lilith, talk to her in Leane after you can freely control the Water Dragon, and then fight against her (and win) in the Arena Colliseum at Level 4 with Stahn.
People who signed up to receive news on Namco Bandai's Tales series have received a survey asking what they think of the series. This suggests that they may be considering more North American Releases.
[edit] Changes From The Original
Though the overall plot remains the same, the entire game script has been re-written. The main story for the game is completely voiced, like all the other PS2 Tales of games.
New scenes have been added, while some scenes from the original didn't make it in to this remake (such as the date with Ilene).
The E-LMBS has been replaced by the new AR-LMBS (Aerial Linear Motion Battle System), a battle system that was built for aerial comboing, AR-LMBS replaces TP with the new CC (Chain Capacity) points, these CC points allow for easy comboing of any skills you like, provided you have the CC necessary. Each character has a base and max CC (these can be changed using several methods), at the start of a battle, the character will start at their base CC, every time they use up CC, it will go up 1 higher than before, until it's reached that character's max CC, from there it will go down to the base CC again.
Several bosses have been removed/added, such as a certain pre-final boss boss fight being taken out, the boss order has been changed slightly as well.
The game music has been remixed, and several new songs have been added in to the soundtrack. The original's two main battle themes, Bare its fangs and Surprise attack!, have now been made the main battle theme of the game for half the game each (Bare its fangs for the first half of the game, Surprise attack! for the second). They are joined by a new third main battle theme called Progress toward the end (another Bare its fangs remix) which is the main battle theme at the very end of the game.
The skit system has been revamped.
The world map is now in full 3D, and even has some mini-games on it, there are also more vehicles than in the original.
One of the most notorious new features is the featuring of one of Tales of Destiny 2's main antagonists Barbatos Goetia as a secret random encounter. He can only be found if the player attempts to 'auto-level' (running around in circles in the world map while setting all characters' control to be Auto), and can be found even when the player's party is not greatly leveled, which would occasionally cause game overs. You can also fight Barbatos as a boss at the end of the EX dungeon.
One of the best features of this remake are the Narikiri dolls, when you beat the game, you gain access to the EX dungeon (a 10-floor bonus dungeon), the clown that let's you into that dungeon will allow you to exchange earned EX points from the dungeon for items, such as the Narikiri dolls. The Narikiri dolls allow you to change your characters into other characters by equiping a doll on them. Ever wanted a party of 4 Lions? Now you can! Just equip a Narikiri Lion to each of the characters in your party that will be in battle. When you first gain access to the dungeon only Narikiri Lion will be available (for 1,000 EX points), but new characters will be available after every floor you've cleared.
[edit] Classic Namco References
- Players may acquire several items that references to Tales of Destiny 2 characters, such as a wig resembling Nanaly's hair and a mask identical to Judas'.
- Kratos Aurion replaces Cless and Arche as the Quiz Master.
- Dolls of Mieu and Tokunaga (Anise's doll) can be found in various houses.
- A picture in Heidelberg Castle features characters from Tales of Rebirth, Veigue Lungberg and Agarte Lindblum.
- A character resembling Veigue Lungberg appears as a boss in the EX dungeon, using some very similar attacks.
- One of the shopkeepers of a bakery in Liennea resembles Mimmi Bread, the 'Wonder Chef' of Tales of Legendia.
- Mieu is also seen here from Tales of the Abyss.
- During one of the cutscenes, Zapie from Tales of Rebirth can be seen sitting on top of a cabin roof.
- Kyle from Tales of Destiny 2 appears as a doll in Mary's house during a side quest, Loni can be seen as a kid in Cresta.
[edit] External links
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| Main series | Phantasia — Destiny — Eternia — Destiny 2 — Symphonia — Rebirth — Legendia — Abyss — Tempest |
| Remakes | Phantasia (PS1) — Destiny (PS2) |
| Tales of the World series | Narikiri Dungeon — Narikiri Dungeon 2 — Summoner's Lineage — Narikiri Dungeon 3 — Radiant Mythology |
| Tales of Fandom series | Tales of Fandom Vol.1 — Tales of Fandom Vol.2 |
| Other games | Tales of Mobile — Tales of Eternia Online |
| Animations | Tales of Eternia: The Animation — Tales of Phantasia — Tales of Symphonia: The Animation |
